Brief Life History of John William
When John William Webster was born on 15 June 1862, in Genesee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States, his father, John Webster, was 31 and his mother, Mary Ann Wright, was 23. He married Jessie Bringhurst on 15 October 1896, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in World in 1935 and United States in 1940. In 1930, at the age of 68, his occupation is listed as blacksmith - own shop in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 28 December 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John William Webster, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- John W. Webster, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John William Webster, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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